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First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

No climate worries, Maldivian brother?

font size decrease font size increase font sizeRate this story(0 votes)The Maldivian government tried draw world attention to climate change by holding a cabinet meeting underwaterIt is not funny that many people alive today will see their homes submerge ... [Published The Nation.lk - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Maldives, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Experts warn over looming deserts

Tharaka Nithi and Kitui counties could become deserts in the next 50 years unless serious conservation measures are put in place, an environmental campaign group has warned. The Green Africa Foundation coordinator who is in charge of the two counties, ... [Published Daily Nation - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Environment, Desertification, Crisis

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

United Nations

UN a saviour, not a threat

Re: Loyal to New Zealand, or UN’s Agenda 21? May 9 letter.Peter Jones is barking up the wrong tree this time methinks. He sees the United Nations as a world threat rather than a saviour in these troubled times.I have researched Agenda 21 sustainability, ... [Published Gisborne Herald - 20 hours ago]

Entities: United Nations, Peter Jones, Agenda 21

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

'Rampant development may spell doom for Western Ghats'

The partitioning of about one-third of natural landscapes and throwing open of two-thirds of so-called cultural landscapes to development will eventually lead to fragmentation and desertification of the Western Ghats, said ecologist Madhav Gadgil. ... [Published Times of India - May 17 2013]

Entities: Madhav Gadgil, Desertification

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Rehabilitating areas by affected desertification

By Ahamd al Shebli — According to the 1994 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and UN's conference on Environment and Development in 1992, desertification was defined as a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry land ... [Published Oman Observer - May 17 2013]

Entities: Desertification, Rehabilitation, National Action

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Water & Waste - Chile - There's no legal impediment to exporting water to Qatar, says lawyer

Water rights holders in Chile's Patagonia district face no legal impediments to exporting water to Qatar or any other place if they chose to do so, according to natural resources lawyer Winston Alburquenque."If you're the holder of a consumptive right, ... [Published Business News Americas - May 16 2013]

Entities: Qatar, Adriana Muñoz, Chile

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Nam lauded for fighting desertification

THE Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) says he is happy with Namibia’s preparation to host the 11th Conference Conference of Parties to this international environmental agreement.Benin-born Luc Gnacadja ... [Published Namibian - May 16 2013]

Entities: Desertification, Namibia, Luc Gnacadja

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Alarm raised over mangrove destruction

A forest conservation agency has raised concern over massive destruction of mangrove forests in Lamu County. The Kenya Forest Service warned that the destruction would have devastating effects on local fishing communities. The KFS official in charge of ... [Published Daily Nation - May 17 2013]

Entities: Forest Conservation, Iranian Government, Desertification, Salinity

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

China's 2,000-year-old oasis fights all odds to stay alive!

New Delhi: In a world where climate change together with frenzied industrial activity is causing rapid depletion of flora and fauna, a tiny, 2000-year-old natural relic has continued to survive, thanks to the efforts of what can only be called proactive ... [Published Daily Bhaskar - May 15 2013]

Entities: Desertification, China, DEHYDRATION, Government of the People's Republic of China, Degradation

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Desertification risk highlighted by government

Entire islands such as Lanzarote and Fuerteventura are 100% under threat of desertification or erosion due to their arid and windy conditions, while even greener parts such as La Palma need action to check the ongoing processes which could see them dry ... [Published Island Connections - May 15 2013]

Entities: Desertification, Threat, Erosion

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 3 reports

The desert lake almost swallowed by sand

Source: AFP LIKE any ancient site, this tiny oasis in the middle of a Chinese desert was starting to show its age and faced being relegated to the pages of history. But thanks to a strong tourist trade and government intervention, the popular Yueyaquan ... [Published NEWS.com.au - May 14 2013]

Entities: Desertification, Han Dynasty, Fresh Water, China

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Crescent Lake: Tiny 2,000-year-old oasis in China that keeps city alive is saved from being swallowed by desert | Mail Online

Located about 6km south of the city of Dunhuang in north west China, the Crescent Lake (Yueyaquan in Chinese) is a fresh water spring in the shape of a half moon. The oasis, which is believed to have existed for 2,000 years, was shrinking fast due to ... [Published Newsvine - May 13 2013]

Entities: Desertification, Fresh Water, water level

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` "`That is why NOA suggests that the polythene bags used for packaging sachet water should be replaced by biodegradable ones because biodegradable bags would disintegrate in the soil overtime and become manure,’’ he says."

FEATURES: Waste as potential source of wealth [Published News Agency of Nigeria - 20 hours ago]

Jonathan Vaughan, the Centre's General Manager, summed up the community work: "The Centre reaches out to thousands of children and adults every year by offering community support programmes and educational tours. Over 17,000 local school children visited the Wildlife Centre in 2012, learning about wildlife and the things they can do to look after the environment. We also run community outreach programmes to help reduce deforestation and loss of habitats resulting from the unsustainable use of firewood. For example, 8,000 trees were planted last year and special groups have been set up making eco-fuel briquettes out of waste materials."

HRH The Duke of Gloucester and Virginia McKenna OBE Applaud Malawi's Lilongwe Wildlife Centre [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]

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Press Review: Record levels of carbon dioxide & Insects seen as weapon against hunger [Published fairplanet - May 17 2013]

In this picture taken with a long timetime exposure a man walks besides a piano, part of the installation "Klinger - Landscapes of Melancholy of of German artist rosalie during the press preview of the exhibition 'World Creators: Richard Wagner, Max Klinger, Karl May' on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig, central Germany, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. All three artists were born in the German state of Saxony. (Jens Meyer / AP"

Our Week In Photos [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]

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No climate worries, Maldivian brother? [Published The Nation.lk - 3 hours ago]
Experts warn over looming deserts [Published Daily Nation - 3 hours ago]
UN a saviour, not a threat [Published Gisborne Herald - 20 hours ago]
FEATURES: Waste as potential source of wealth [Published News Agency of Nigeria - 20 hours ago]
FG considering World Bank loans for roads – Ono... [Published Vanguard - May 18 2013]
'Rampant development may spell doom for Western... [Published Times of India - May 17 2013]
Stoking Fire: Addressing the Specific Needs of ... [Published RHRealityCheck - May 17 2013]
Rehabilitating areas by affected desertification [Published Oman Observer - May 17 2013]
ESA's Proba-V Turns On In Time To Catch... [Published Red Orbit - May 17 2013]
HRH The Duke of Gloucester and Virginia McKenna... [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]
Press Review: Record levels of carbon dioxide &... [Published fairplanet - May 17 2013]
Alarm raised over mangrove destruction [Published Daily Nation - May 17 2013]
Our Week In Photos [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]
Supporting our oceans together [Published Bangkok Post - May 16 2013]
Water & Waste - Chile - There's no legal impedi... [Published Business News Americas - May 16 2013]
Asantehene Wants Canada To Support Ghana Protec... [Published Republic of Ghana - May 16 2013]
Nam lauded for fighting desertification [Published Namibian - May 16 2013]
Climate Change and Fighting Drought and Deserti... [Published The Energy Collective - May 16 2013]
Why Lomborg is Wrong [Published PluginEurope.com - May 16 2013]
Asantehene wants Canada to support Ghana protec... [Published VibeGhana.com - May 16 2013]
Environment: A Major Source of Corr... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 16 2013]
Govt moves to control killer plant [Published Mmegi Online - May 15 2013]
Aqua Zai attempts to solve global hunger from A... [Published Washington Times - May 15 2013]
'You Compensate Me': Duffy Pick-Up Lines Hit Tw... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 15 2013]
China's 2,000-year-old oasis fights all odds to... [Published Daily Bhaskar - May 15 2013]
Disease-Carrying African Mongoose Poses Serious... [Published Red Orbit - May 15 2013]
Food, Farms, Forests, and Fracking: Connecting ... [Published Disinformation - May 15 2013]
Let's reconnect green issues and development po... [Published SciDev.Net - May 15 2013]
Seeking Biogas Energy on Everest [Published National Geographic - May 15 2013]
Bruce Friedrich: Eating As Though the Environme... [Published Huffington Post - May 15 2013]

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Press Review: Record levels of carbon dioxide &... [Published fairplanet - May 17 2013] As concentrations of carbon dioxide reach record levels , climate change experts warn that hundreds of millions of people will find themselves displaced in the next century due to desertification, floods, and rising seas. [The Guardian] The geopolitics ...
If Not Now, When? [Published New. Clear. Vision. - May 14 2013] Playing Hardball with the Fossil Fuel Industry by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez Bittersweet sadness filled me as I read an excerpt at Women’s E-News from Eve Ensler’s new memoir, In the Body of the World, about her long, determined, agonizing ...
Peter Eigen: A fair deal for Africans [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 13 2013] Across Africa, an extraordinary natural resources boom is underway. Energy and mineral extraction is driving economic growth on the continent. New exploration, new discoveries and no let-up in global demand mean Africa has a unique opportunity to deliver ...
Dust in the clouds [Published MIT News feed - May 09 2013] At any given time, cirrus clouds — the thin wisps of vapor that trail across the sky — cover nearly one-third of the globe. These clouds coalesce in the upper layers of the troposphere, often more than 10 miles above the Earth’s surface. Cirrus clouds ...
ELLA BRIEF: Innovative Mountain Adaptation: A C... [Published Zunia.org RSS - May 08 2013] In mountain regions throughout the world, agricultural production is at risk from unsustainable production techniques, destructive human activities and the impacts of global climate change, all of which are accelerating deforestation and desertification. ...

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Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts ... [Published TED Talks - YouTube - Mar 04 2013]

Press Releases

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New Global Study Reveals High Cost of Land Degr... [Published CisionWire - English - Apr 10 2013]
Media Advisory: Upcoming global conference to d... [Published CisionWire - English - Apr 04 2013]